Zoophobia, or animal phobia, is the irrational fear or aversion towards non-human animals. Zoophobia is the general negative reaction to animals, but it is usually divided into many subgroups, each being of a specific type of zoophobia. Although zoophobia as a whole is quite rare, types of the fear are common.[1] As mentioned before by Sigmund Freud, an animal phobia is one of the most frequent psychoneurotic diseases among children.[2]
| Phobia | Condition |
|---|---|
| Ailurophobia | fear of cats (or felines) |
| Alektorophobia | fear of chickens |
| Anatidaephobia | fear of ducks |
| Arachnophobia | fear of arachnids (such as spiders) |
| Batrachophobia | fear of frogs and other amphibians |
| Cynophobia | fear of dogs |
| Entomophobia | fear of insects |
| Ichthyophobia | fear of fish |
| Herpetophobia | fear of reptiles |
| Hippophobia | fear of horses |
| Lepidopterophobia | fear of lepidopterans (butterflies/moths) |
| Myrmecophobia | fear of ants |
| Melissophobia/apiphobia | fear of bees |
| Musophobia | fear of mice and rats |
| Ophidiophobia | fear of snakes |
| Ornithophobia | fear of birds |
| Ostraconophobia | fear of shellfish |
| Spheksophobia | fear of wasps |
| Vermiphobia | fear of worms |
See also
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edit- ↑ Morales-Brown, Peter (2020-07-27). "Zoophobia: Causes, symptoms, and treatment". www.medicalnewstoday.com. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ↑ Nandor Fodor, Frank Gaynor, "Freud: Dictionary of Psychoanalysis", 2004: ISBN 0-7607-5301-6 (initial publ. 1950), article "Zoophobia, infantile", pp. 205-206
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